been drawn slowly but steadily to bourbon after a long scotch binge. it just has this fulfilling kick to it. just wish there were more varieties at my liquor stores. it makes me feel like an alcoholic when every new town i drive through i keep my eyes open for a liqour store

LeopardLetang wrote:been drawn slowly but steadily to bourbon after a long scotch binge. it just has this fulfilling kick to it. just wish there were more varieties at my liquor stores. it makes me feel like an alcoholic when every new town i drive through i keep my eyes open for a liqour store

You can order different stuff if it's not stocked in the liquor store. Just some store clerks in Pa are crabby.

obhave wrote:I can't drink most whiskeys anymore (unless they are distilled multiple times due to an allergy)

Damn. IIRC, you can't drink beer either... what are you able to drink?

No, I can't drink beer. Anything that is based in wheat, barley (malt), or rye I cannot have unless it is distilled at least twice. Luckily for me, Scotches and Irish whiskeys are distilled twice and three times respectively so I am okay in drinking them. Not everyone with Celiacs has a reaction to whiskey, and its still undecided if it's okay to drink or not. Basically, I will try any whiskey once. If it makes me sick I won't drink it again. I can drink all other hard alcohols not based in those grains, ciders, wine, gluten-free beers, etc. I'm not all that limited.

So despite the lack of anything in South Africa even remotely resembling decent beer, they do have quite the plethora of spirits and good wine. The wine is a post for another day but I simply must share this liquor anecdote. About 2 hours outside of Joburg is a tiny town called Dullstroom, home to the largest whisky bar in the Southern Hemisphere. OutofFoil and I of course had to stop there when up that way and we were not disappointed. Housing over 1,000 bottles and offering tasting menus that cover every imaginable facet of the whisky world, it was a whisky lovers dream come true. Between the two of us, we sampled: